Requirements for Majors and Minors

Goals for the Major

In successfully completing a major in Religious Studies, a student will be able to:

• Recognize, identify, and understand prominent ways in which people have been and are religious.
• Clarify how the academic study of religion fits into a curriculum designed to explore the liberal arts and sciences.
• Experience the methodological diversity that the study of religion embraces.
• Draw on disciplines of the liberal arts and sciences to deepen understanding of religious experience and systems of thought.
• Encourage a global approach to the study of religion.
• Write clearly and persuasively.

Requirements for Major or Minor

For a Major: 10 courses, including 110, 120 or 130,  220 or 230, 115 or 330 and 485.

For a Major with a Concentration in Biblical Studies: 10 courses including 110, 120, 130, 200, 202, 220 or 230, 115 or 330, 485, plus study in Israel under department supervision.

For a Minor: five courses including 110. The other courses are to be chosen in consultation with a member of the Religious Studies faculty.